Breaking Boards

Last night in Tae Kwon Do Henry (and his classmates) got to break boards with their feet. Henry was so excited and was able to break 2 of them. Here are the best pics I got, some are a little blurry, but you get the point!

organization wall

We are really trying to get the house organized! I saw the really neat wall organizer at pottery barn, however it was WAY expnesive! So we took off to Target to see if we coulod do something simial for cheap! Here is how it turned out! I a, very happy wtih it! It has everything we need all in one spot and it really oragnized! And I got to finally hang the letter that my friedn Tia did for us before we moved.

Here is what we liked at pottery barn:

And here is how ours turned out! I LOVE IT!!

our menu will go here

monthly calendar

weekly reminders and note board2w

2 corkboards for notes

and my letters!

Mystic-day 2!

Since we did not go to the aquarium the first day as planned, we went back as a family the next day. What a great aquarium! They have a beluga whale who was amazing! He is a young one and loves to "play" with kids! We got there when it opened, so there were not a lot of people there yet and it was amazing! The whale comes right up to the glass and presses his face against it. He opens his mouth like he is talking to the kids and he tries to squirt them with water out of his blowhole! The boys spent so much time with him! It was so worth the drive back just for that! After the aquarium we walked around the town a bit and decided to take a sight seeing boat ride up the river. The boys loved it. I was ready to get off by the end and E hatred it! She screamed the entire way! Thankfully we were the only ones on the boat, so we did not ruin it for others.

touching the stink rays

we got ice cream, Tyler for a lobster sucker

H eating chocolate ice cream

getting ready to go!

Out in the water

They loved it!



Mystic

We decided to go to Mystic to the aquarium with 2 other families. The plan was to go to eat at Mystic Pizza and then to the aquarium. Mystic pizza was a blast, we had 6 adults and 7 kids! Thankfully, they were not too busy. All of the kids were great and behaved nicely. As we were leaving, someone told us that the aquarium was closing early, so we ended up going to the garlic festival that happened to be going on that weekend in Mystic! (I know, me a garlic, I was thrilled!) I was honestly a little worried about the kids and them not having a lot of fun, but it ended up being a lot of fun! All in all, it was one of the better weekends we have had here and I am so happy to have the friends we have met here!

All 13 of us at Mystic Pizza, minus Keith who is taking the picture!

We tried to get a pic of all of the kids by the sign!

the sign

E so proud that she climbed the fence herself

all 7 of the kids, this took quite a while to get!

E and Markey

Mark caught them!!

All 7 kids, I love this pic! The ages are(in order of the pic) 7, 3, 5, 19mos and 3 15 month olds!



Tyler's first day of school

Today was Tyler's first day of first grade! He rode the bus! One of his Friends lives in the neighborhood near us and they both rode together. He felt much better knowing someone else, and to top it off, they are in class together! He also knows a few others in his class from summer school! All in all, I think he likes first grade!

on  the way to the bus stop

almost there, at least they have a covered area from the rain!

waiting!

my babies!

Tyler with his friend Kyler, here comes the bus!

happy to be getting on the bus!

He's home!!

with a smile!



A day with Thomas

Thomas was here this weekend, and at the last minute we decided to take the kids! Boy were they surprised!

Fun with Friends

We hosted a BBQ with friends yesterday. 3 kids that were 1, E, one that was 3, T and H made for a fun house full of kids...and adults! After everyone went home for naps, we all met up at the base for a free Little Big Town concert. I/we totally dropped the ball on the weather, it was quite cool and windy at the water! But we had a big blanket and we made do. Tyler loved the concert. We ended up leaving before it was over, Henry was asleep and E was crying and would not give up! We thought we had missed the fireworks, but lucky for us, when we rounded the corner we had a great view of the bridge just as they started! It was a great night for all of us!!

Henry's First Day of School!

Today is Henry's first day of school. This year is the first time that they boys wont be at the same school! He was so happy this morning and so ready to go to school.

Thing One, Thing Two and Thing Three!

While we were at Disney, we saw a lot of people with "thing" shirts. We knew we needed them! But we found out that you could only get them at Universal, and we weren't going there. I was so bummed. We decided that we would order then on the internet when we got home. At the airport, there was a Universal gift shop, so I went in to see if they had the shirts, and they did!! I was so happy to find them! So here are my "Things"!!!